The Indianapolis journal., 1887-11-13
CLEVELAND AND HIS WIFE.

The Former Is Already Fat, and His Help
meet Is Alsn BecomineIy Stout.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12-Especially the ladies
who have called at the White House during the
past week have remarked the growing corpu-
lency of the President and Mrs Cleveland. They
say that each have fastened to the extent of at
least twenty five pounds since the 1st of Sep
tember, and that the President has become real
ly stout When Mrs. Cleveland was married
she weighed little less than one hundred and
thirty pounds and owing to her height did not
appear to be that heavy. There are those of
her friends who have her during the past
week vino say she will tilt the beam at enc hun
dred and seventy; but those figures are little
high She will not weigh one hundred and sixty,
yet she is very near that mark. The outdoor
exercise, especially the daily drives she takes.
mas done most of it. Mrs Cleveland seldom
drinks wine or any other stimulant. She only
wants brisk walk to work up her
appetite for breakfast or lunch, and if
she cannot go out doors she rambles about
the house. a servant says she often runs up
and down stairs two steps at time, and can
swing her arms behind her back like those of a
wind mill. and that she is the most agile woman
of her size in the city. Mrs. Cleveland is fully
tai, as her husband and although she has
developed into woman of serious thought, she
can enjoy a rolick as much as any body. and
when she attends the theater, which is often,
che has scruples about laughing heartily
when she is amused or sees anything to laugh
at. She is of naturally happy disposition, and
eats and sleeps like one who is determined not
to let the things of life worry her
The President grows corpulent from natural
causes. He would get fat on bread and water
yet he does not live such transparent diet.
He can eat as large beefsteak as a rail-splitter
drink his three cups of coffee for
breakfast. with pancakes and rolls and
syrup. and the etceteras which make up a good
breakfast He does not take half as much exercise
as Mrs. Cleveland, and that he does undergo is
of an entirely different character. He never
hurries. He walks slowly and with deiberation.
Some times he takes two moves to each step in
going up stairs. When he and his wife return
from drive she invariably helps herself from
the carriage and runs ahead in to the house. IF it
Is out at Red-top she bitches the horse, provided
him into the house. L. it is at the White House
she goes up stairs on the run, probably two
steps at a leap, and the exercise she gets is
healthful. while that he has is not very effective.
good many stories have been printed about
the Presidents diet. Some Of them have grains
of truth. but most of them have been exaeeer-
but a healthy eater. He is big man, pos
sessed of splendid digestive organs. and he satis
fies his desires as far as he can without german
dizing. His complexion at this time, the bright
ness of his eyes and his growth show that his
liver, blood ard stomach in good order,
which could not he if he overloaded his stomach
every day. The President likes bottle of ale
or sniff of something stronger with his lunch
or dinner. and is especially fond OF bottle of
beer before retiring at night He saws they as
sist digestion and produce ease of the nerves.
In any event. the President and Mrs Cleveland
are growing so stout that it be observed
even as they drive through the streets, and they
appear TO be about happy CLAIMS at nigh
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